Gbe TUnivereiti? of (DbicagoPrice .$ J #00 founded by john d. rockefeller Single CopiesPer Year 5 CentsUniversity RecordPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITYCHICAGOHbe TUniversitE ot Cbtcaao pressVOL IV, NO. 28. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:00 P.M. OCTOBER 13, 1899.Entered in the post office Chicago. Illinois, as second-class natter.CONTENTS.I. The Story of Convocation Week - - 167-169II. Official Notice - 169III. Calendar 170THE STORY OF CONVOCATION WEEK,OCTOBER 1-6, 1899.On Saturday, September 30, at 9 : 00 a.m., theUniversity threw open its doors for the matriculation of new students for the Autumn Quarter, andformally entered upon the ceremonies of its Thirtieth Convocation. TheY.W.C. A.andtheY.M. C.A. rendered efficient assistance to the University,some fifteen or twenty students from the two associations, in cap and gown, serving as ushers, andhelping the newcomers through the intricacies ofregistration.The College for Teachers began its work uponthe same day. Forty-nine new matriculations,with the eighty-seven students continuing theirwork from last session, and twenty-two not in theCollege for Teachers last year, but previouslymatriculated in the University, made a total registration of one hundred and fifty-eight, as compared with a total of one hundred and fifty-six forthe session of 1898-9.The first formal exercises of the Autumn Convocation were held in Kent Theater, Sunday after noon at 4 : 00 P. m., when the Rev. Frank Crane,D.D., of Trinity M. E. Church, addressed thestudent body at Vesper service.Dr. Crane took for his theme the lines of HenryVan Dyke :Four things a man must learn to do.If he would make his calling true —To think without confusion clearly,To love his fellow man sincerely,To act from honest motives purely,To trust in God and heaven securely.The speaker eloquently emphasized the fourfundamental elements of life, viz., thought, love,action and faith.Monday, October 2, was Convocation Day,proper. The morning was devoted to the registration of students. The total number ofregistrations reached 1377 and has since beenincreased to 1500. At 12:30 p.m. the eighthanniversary chapel exercises were held in CobbHall. The University followed its usual customin making the service an exact reproduction ofthe first chapel service held at the opening of theUniversity, eight years ago, with the same order ofexercises, and as nearly as possible the same officerspresent. With the single exception of Dean AliceFreeman Palmer, whose place upon the stage wastaken by Dean Talbot, the same group faced thestudent-body as in 1892.168 UNIVERSITY RECORDAt 8:00 of the same evening, the ThirtiethUniversity Convocation was held in Central MusicHall. The music of the evening was rendered byMr. Wilhelm Middleschulte. The Right ReverendJohn Lancaster Spalding, Bishop of Peoria, delivered the convocation address. It is an interesting fact that this is one of the first instances inwhich a prominent official of the Roman Catholicchurch has performed this function upon such anoccasion.President Harper introduced Bishop Spaldingafter the convocation prayer had been offered byRev. Professor Eri Baker Hulbert, D.D. Thetheme of Bishop Spalding's address was " TheUniversity and the Teacher." It was a vivid portrayal of the qualifications of the ideal teacher, theteacher whose manhood is of more vital importance than his scholarship, who is at once a leader,an inspirer, and a healer ; and an eloquent pleafor freedom from the minute observances andbureaucratic regulations, which degrade him tothe level of a machine. " He is not a machine,"said the speaker, "but a living soul, obedient tothe light of a cultivated intelligence and to theimpulses of a generous heart. Let him be free, lethim be trusted, let him be cheered in his work."*Following Bishop Spalding, President Harperread the president's quarterly statement, on thecondition of the University .f The report of thequarterly attendance for the Summer Quarter justconcluded, which gave an enrollment of 165 1students, showed it to be the largest of any quartersince the establishment of the institution.The distribution of honors and degrees followed. The honors were awarded as follows :The Ferdinand Peck prize for excellence in public speaking in the lunior Colleges was awarded to Bertram Nelson.The University prize for excellence in debate in theSenior Colleges was divided among Benjamin Samuels(special mention), Leon Bloch, and Lawrence RandolphCartwright.* A complete report of the speech may be found in theUniversity Record of October 6, 1899."f For the complete text of the Quarterly Statement seethe University Record of October 6, 1899. The Joseph Leiter prize for excellence in debate in theGraduate and Divinity Schools was awarded to representatives of the Divinity School — Donald D. Donnan (specialmention), Ezra Albert Cook, and Richard Beauchamp Marshall.Honorable mention for excellence in the work of the JuniorColleges was given toWilliam H. Andrews, Alice Mabel Gray, Thomas A.Hillyer, Margaret Morgan, Robert Homer Rea, and MaryAuzella Reid.Honorable mention for excellence in the work of theSenior Colleges toGrace E. Chandler, Charles W. Chase, John J. Clarkson,Florence Davidson, Charles B. Dirks, Alma H. Geewe, Alfred O. Shaklee, and Bertha Vernon Stiles.Honors for excellence in particular departments of theSenior Colleges were granted toCharles Warner Chase, History, John Joseph Clarkson,Political Science, Alma Henrietta Geewe, German.Certificates and degrees were conferred as follows :The Junior College Certificate upon :William Hiddelson Andrews, Alice Feuling, Alice MabelGray, Thomas Arthur Hillyer, Jane Rachel Johnson, VernonSirvilian Phillips, Robert Homer Rea, Mary Auzella Reid,Lill Miller Stevens.The Degree of Bachelor of Arts upon :Grace E. Chandler, Florence Davidson, Olive Donaldson,Alma H. Geewe, Jennie G. Hutchison, John B. Jackson,Philip M. Johnson, Marquis J. Newell, Minnie McD. Paisley,Luther P. Russell, Bertha Vernon Stiles, Blanche Swingley,Albert L. Ward, George B. Watson.The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy upon :Mary E. Casteel, Charles W. Chase, John J. Clarkson,Charles B. Dirks, Fannie G. Fisher, Elizabeth E. H.Greene, Dollie Grace Pierce, Charles F. Roby, John J. Walsh.The Degree of Bachelor of Science upon :Caroline B. Paddock, Henry B. Thomas, Alfred O.Shaklee, Harry B. Ward.The Re-enacted Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy of the Old University of Chicago upon :Jessie Waite Wright.The Degree of Bachelor of Diuinity upon :Christopher Bush Coleman. Thesis : " Christian Movements in American Colleges."William Wallace Reed. Thesis : " A Critical Estimate ofAugustine's De Trinitate.'1''Luther Parker Russell. Thesis : " Auricular Confession."The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon :Carl Delos Case (Systematic Theology, Church History).Thesis : " The Incarnation and Modern Thought."The Degree of Master of Arts upon :Lee Byrne. Thesis : " A Comparison of the Medea ofEuripides and of Seneca."Robert Lee Hughes. Thesis : " The Constitutional History of Illinois, 1818-1848."Sidney Carleton Newsom. Thesis : " William Hazlitt asa Critic."UNIVERSITY RECORD 169The Degree of Master of Philosophy upon :Robert Lincoln Kelly. Thesis : " The Influence of Lockein the Development of Political Ideals in America."Edwin Maxey. Thesis : " Suffrage in Rhode Island."Elizabeth Marguerite Strauchon. Thesis : " The Senseof Color in Chaucer."The Degree of Master of Science upon :Warren Coleman Hawthorne. Thesis: "Hydrogen Peroxide and Ozone."Edgar Hutchinson Johnson. Thesis: "A ConformalMap of the Surface of a Sphere on the Interior of anEllipse." The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon :Andre Beziat de Bordes (Romance, Spanish). Thesis:"Etudes sur la Bearnais : Dialecte de Balansun, BassesPyrenees."John Charles Hessler (Chemistry, Physics). Thesis :"On Alkyl Malonic Nitrile Derivatives."William McPherson (Chemistry, Physics). Thesis: "TheConstitution of the Oxyazo Compounds."Harry Alvin Millis (Political Economy, Sociology).Thesis : " History of the Finances of the City of Chicago."Samuel Chiles Mitchell (Political Science, History).Thesis : " The Change from Colony to Commonwealth inVirginia."Elizabeth Laetitia Moon (Comparative Religion, Sociology). Thesis : " Ideas of Future Life among the Algonquin s."Martha Edith Rickert (English, Romance). Thesis :"Emare; a Middle English Romance."Malcolm William Wallace (English, Pedagogy). Thesis :" The Influence of Plautus on the Dramatic Literature ofEngland in the Sixteenth Century."The Benediction was then pronounced by DeanHuibert.The University Congregation held its sixteenth meeting on Tuesday, October 3, at 4 : 00p.m., in the Congregation Hall, Haskell Museum.*In the evening of the same day, at 7 : 00, theCongregation dinner took place at the Quadrangle Club. Professor Edmund J. James actedas toastmaster. Toasts were responded to by theRight Rev. John L. Spalding, Superintendent ofSchools E. B. Andrews, Hamlin Garland, andothers.On Wednesday, October 4, at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the TheologicalUnion, held at the University office in the FineArts Building, the resignation of Dr. C. E.Hewitt as Financial Secretary of the Union wasreceived and accepted, and he was elected StudentSecretary of the Divinity School. His former*A full report of this meeting will be given in a forthcoming number of the University Record. duties, so far as they included the collection offunds for the Divinity School, were assigned tothe President, Secretary, and professors of theDivinity School, who intend to undertake at oncea movement to secure additional funds for theinstitution.The Y. M. C. A. held its first meeting for theAutumn Quarter on Wednesday night, with aboutseventy-five persons present. Unusual enthusiasmwas manifested, and the winter's work was wellstarted. Four courses in Bible study will beoffered by the Y.'M. C. A., and it is expected thatat least one hundred students will register for them.On Thursday the Theological Union met at8 : 00 p.m. at the Immanuel Baptist Church.Vice President Andrew McLeish occupied thechair. The following officers and members ofthe Board of Trustees were elected :President — Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat.Vice Presidents— John D. Rockefeller and AndrewMcLeish.Treasurer — Edward Goodman.Secretary — T. W. Goodspeed.New Members — C. C. Kohlsaat, E. C. Atkins, Wm. M.Lawrence, E. Nelson Blake, H. R. Clissold, KittredgeWTheeler, W. H. Holden, S. A. Scribner, E. B. Huibert.The report of the Board of Trustees for thepast year was read by Dean Huibert. The annual sermon before the Union was then deliveredby President Nathaniel Butler, D.D., of ColbyCollege, on the subject, "Some assured Veritiesof the Christian Faith."Thus closed one of the most inspiring and successful of the thirty convocations held by theUniversity.OFFICIAL NOTICE.The Final Examination of William HenryGarfield for the degree of B.D. will be heldThursday, October 19, at 4:00 p.m., in Room 15Flaskell Museum. Principal subject, ChurchHistory : secondary subject, Systematic Theology.Thesis: "The Origin of the Protestant Missionary Societies Organized in the Seventeenth andEighteenth Centuries." Committee : ProfessorsHuibert, Johnson, and Foster; Associate Professor Moncrief, and all other instructors in thedepartments immediately concerned.170 UNIVERSITY RECORDTHE CALENDAR.OCTOBER 13-21.Friday, October 18.Chapel Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, io: 30 a.m.Saturday, October 14.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of University Affiliations, 8 : 30 a.m.The Faculty of the Senior Colleges, 10:00a.m.The University Council, 11:30 a.m.Sunday, October 15.Vesper Service is held in Kent Theater at4: 00 p.m.Monday, October 16.Chapel- Assembly: The Junior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, October 17.Chapel-Assembly : The Senior Colleges. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Botanical Club meets in Room 23, BotanicalLaboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Dr. Cowles and Mr. Whitford will discuss the ecological relations of the flora of the vicinity of Marquette, Mich. Dr. Cowles will speak particularly ofthe life conditions on the various types of rocks, andMr. Whitford will speak on the ecological relationsof forests.Sociological Club meets in Congregation Hall,Haskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Mr. J. Stitt Wilson, of Evanston, Head of the SocialCrusade, will speak on " The Social Crusade, ItsObjects, Methods, and Work." Election of officersoccurs. All interested are invited.Wednesday, October 1S.Division Lectures: The Upper Seniors (Divisions I, II, III) meet President Harper inCongregation Hall, Haskell, at 10: 30 a.m. The Lower Seniors (Divisions IV, V, VI) meet inthe Lecture Room, Cobb Hall, at 10:30 a.m.The Division Lecture is delivered by Professor Small.The Upper Juniors (Divisions I, II, III) meetin Kent Hall at 10: 30 a.m.The Division Lecture is delivered by Assistant Professor Stiegiitz.Thursday, October 19.Chapel-Assembly: The Graduate Schools. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Political Economy Club meets in Congregation Hall, Haskell Museum, at 8:00 p.m.Mr. PI. F. J. Porter, of the Bethlehem Steel Works,will give an illustrated lecture on the subject, "ThePosition of Forging in the Arts." All are invited toattend.Friday, October 20. .Chapel- Assembly : The Divinity School. Chapel,Cobb Lecture Hall, 10:30 a.m.Division Lecture : The Lower Juniors (Divisions IV, V, VI), meet President Harper inCongregation Hall, Haskell, at 10:30 a.m.Physics Club meets in Room 32, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, at 4: 00 p.m.Papers : " On the Relation between the Conductivityof a Coherer and the impressed E. M. F.," by F. B.Jewett; "On the 'Phillips Phenomenon,' by FritzReichmann; "On the Diffraction Experiments andWave-length determinations with Rontgen Rays," byR. A. Millikan.Saturday, October 21.Meetings of University Ruling Bodies in HaskellOriental Museum :The Administrative Board of the UniversityPress, 8: 30 a.m.The Administrative Board for the Recommendation of Teachers, 8:30 a.m.The Board of Student Organizations, Publications, and Exhibitions, 10:00 a.m.The Faculty of the Ogden (Graduate) Schoolof Science, 10:00 a.m.The Faculty of the Divinity School, 11:30A.M.Material for the CALEIDAE must be sent to the Office of Information by THUESDAY, 8:30 A.M.,in order to be published in the issue of the same week.